Julferkar Ali Bhutto, a student of the Apparel Training & Design Centre (ATDC), has got a chance to represent India at the ´43rd World Skills Competition´ to be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from August 11-16, 2015.

Among the emerging markets for textile machinery, Vietnam is one of the most promising one. The heading target for the local authorities is to raise Vietnam up to the leading textile and apparel export countries.

Sunlight is the inherent source of energy reaching the earth´s surface. Approximately 5 per cent of the incident sunlight constitutes ultraviolet radiations. The UV spectrum present in the sunlight has shorter wavelength ranging from 280 nm?400 nm.

EDANA, the International Association Serving the Nonwovens and Related Industries, released preliminary European annual statistics for 2014, offering a comprehensive picture of the nonwovens industry in Greater Europe.

The Trützschler companies´ participation at this year´s Techtextil show is focused on efficiency and quality. Various examples of Trützschler Nonwovens´ complete line concepts and technologies out of one hand combine these targets. Multimedia and interactive presentations inform on line layouts, machinery, applications and end products.

Loepfe Brothers Ltd started business 60 years ago in 1955. Solutions for weaving mills significantly increased the efficiency of the production systems in the 1960s. WeftMaster provides components for weaving machines such as weft stop motions, short weft detectors, weft thread brakes, projectile brakes, knot detectors, weft feelers, fusible fabrics cutters and yarn stop motions for different applications.

Sarah Bellos, founder and president of Stony Creek Colors, is the recipient of the AATCC Young Entrepreneur Award. Bellos is being recognized for producing regionally-sourced natural dye colorants and pigments for industrial use. By blending education and experience, she has developed a complete agricultural supply chain to deliver reliable and safe bio-based dyes to the textile industry and to help fashion brands reduce hazardous chemical use.

Nonwoven crop covers can also be used again and again, and by increasing the production and limiting damage to agricultural crops, nonwovens ensure that what is grown in the field counts.

Technical textiles is a passion for me, said Anuj Bhagwati, Managing Director of A.T.E. Group once. The Mumbai-based group has been proving that this newly-emerging sector of textile industry is more than a passion to it.